Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-20

psrREmrHo CONDITIONS OF AFFAIRS II
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prsrnEzSrHo CONDITIONS OF AFFAIRS II
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Bernard OazzaEasts, uko hes inst 20
turned from Soufh America gives
rather gloomy Veg Of the Commercial
situatisn In Peru aud Chill. he befl
Tuolumne cOautry, In this stats. tWc
years and . half ago for The p1rpoes 81
permanently engaging IN business 10
Chilli. After trying the country for twc
years be has closed out his business and
returned 10 California with his family
70 remain for good. Whils IN Chill Mr..
CexRarelto was engaged ID baytng beams
b. Wholesale and shippinR them e
N convsrsafion With an Ats reporteE
Mr.. Caxxsrest0 said the financial de-
preston In Peru Waa apaiiing. There
vas no gold or silver at al IN cireula-
ton, the currency Of she country beiBE
exalustvesy goysfnment paper notes and
ooppeFs. The credit Of the government
has reached sach q low ehb that 10
paper 10 0uly worth ave and quaFtes
oenis on she dollar. In ooming Away
he had 10 exchange his Peruvian notes
at the rate Of el9 in paper for ii IN
American money. The laboFing classea
IN Peru are miseFably poor, and theii
condition appears 10 be getting mort
and more wfefohed. AL the evils OF an
ignorant and impaesnt government and
an inflated and debased natiounl eur
Fency are combined with official greed
and peculAtiou, and the worst form
Of the credit system 10 plunge the
oountEy into the lowest depths Of
poverty and wrctchedness. Debt and
taxes are piling %, trade e paraly zeej
agriculture stagnant, and mining and
mauufactuRies al Q stancstill, while IL
norance and superstition are rampHns.
Secret and tFeaa8uabie Cabais Of ambi-
tious sud unprinclpaled politicians add
10 the misery Of the unhappy country.
The 6nances Of the Republio are u the
hAndB Of foreign negchants and bank
ers, who through their controI OF all TIE
specie are virtual masters Of theimp0Fi
and export tFads. Edncation ais e. .
very low stage, and the schools OF the
country are few and shabby - the ex
IRENE. So far 60 educational and IN
dustEiAl enlighteurnent asa edBeerned
Peru ia not nearly 90 Tar advanced q
she vas fifteen yeaFs ago, and Ct preeeui
appearances indicate q FetroGEade 90
ton.
In Chilli the coalition Of affairs 4
immeasnrably better than that prevail
ina In the adisininR republic. Trade i
much better, and The agricultural anf
industrial outlook far brighter. Never
theless, the country Il suffering from {
financial depression. Specie is neari,
banished from the country and the cir
cuiating medium IL almost exclusively
confined 10 o deprecated paper euFrenel
and copper coins. Gillian paper h only
worth hfty.tvo osnta on q dollar, ani
lie pge6enca and debased quality only
serve 10 ursettle valaea ana demogalizI
commerce. Just nov the country 10 ex
periencinR g financial and CON
mercial reaction from the husl
period duripg and Immediately
Subsequent 20 the Peruvian war
Valparaiso plainly shows the exiatiDs
depression In ita lack Of life and activ
ity. Movement eveFywhere 10 aluRgish,
and The complaint Of hard times d
general.
Just nov In both Chill And Peru III
cholera, which continnes TO break oui
sporadically, operates b disturb busi-
mess and stida enterprise. The people
are IN great dread Of the disease, and
ere continually being excited by reports
OF ita rsvagea IN other quarters. 30 fal
cholera has not carried of many PEG
pie, bat the coming season IL looked
forward 20 with dread. Thu
10 the winter season In South
America, and cholera 10 always lesl
dangerous and less liable 10 spread dur.
ing the cold season. Daring the SUM-
meg months. however, when there Il The
greatest abundance OF green vegetables,
ohoieFa iiiea With sUiftness and does its
work whh d'srstch. Me-. OaEzarstt0
says maj , peopaas pE1nelasuy AmeSi.
sans and EG. GpeAnas have nks Lima and
Valparaiso EeOentIy " IV0.d the i'm
pending epidemic.